Yale (provincial Electoral District) - Election Results

Election Results

Note: Winners of each election are in bold.

1st British Columbia general election, 1871
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Independent George Coxon 1 29 16.96% unknown
Independent William H. Kay 8 4.68% unknown
Independent Moses Lumby 17 9.94% unknown
Independent James Robinson 35 20.47% unknown
Independent Charles Augustus Semlin 29 16.96% unknown
Independent Robert Smith 53 30.99% unknown
Total valid votes 171 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
1
2nd British Columbia general election, 1875
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Reform John F. Allison 100 15.82% unknown
Reform caucus John Andrew Mara 130 20.57% unknown
Independent/Government James Robinson 59 9.34% unknown
Independent James Ross 7 1.1% unknown
Independent/Government Charles Augustus Semlin 94 14.87% unknown
Independent/Government Robert Smith 117 18.57% unknown
Reform caucus Forbes George Vernon 125 19.78% unknown
Total valid votes 632 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
3rd British Columbia general election, 1878
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government Preston Bennett 158 20.05% unknown
Opposition Dixon Joseph Lauder 87 11.04% unknown
Opposition William McCormack 93 11.80% unknown
Government John Andrew Mara 172 21.83% unknown
Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 120 15.23% unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 158 20.05% unknown
Total valid votes 788 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
4th British Columbia general election, 1882
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government Preston Bennett 194 19.56% unknown
Independent Henry Dodson Green-Armytage 98 9.88% unknown
Government William McGirr 60 6.05% unknown
Government John Andrew Mara 240 24.19% unknown
Government Edward Peason 78 7.86% unknown
Independent Charles Augustus Semlin 254 25.60% unknown
Independent Gilbert Malcolm Sproat 68 6.86% unknown
Total valid votes 992 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
British Columbia By-election: Yale November 15, 1882 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government Thomas Basil Humphreys 157 39.15% unknown
Opposition George Bohun Martin 244 60.05% unknown
Total valid votes 401 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
2
5th British Columbia general election, 1886
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Government Archibald Irwin 196 14.91% unknown
Government George Bohun Martin 283 21.54% unknown
(Opposition ?) Henry Nicholson 93 7.08% unknown
(Opposition ?) Thomas Roadley 88 6.77% unknown
Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 364 27.70% unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 290 22.07% unknown
Total valid votes 1,314 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
6th British Columbia general election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Opposition Irwin Archibald 256 13.17% unknown
Government George Bohun Martin 445 22.89% unknown
Opposition Charles Augustus Semlin 396 20.37% unknown
Government Forbes George Vernon 496 25.51% unknown
Government James Wardle 351 18.06% unknown
Total valid votes 1,944 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %

7th British Columbia general election, 1894

split to three ridings:

  • Yale-East
  • Yale-West
  • Yale-North

8th British Columbia general election, 1898

  • Yale-East
  • Yale-West
  • Yale-North

9th British Columbia general election, 1900

  • Yale-East
  • Yale-West
  • Yale-North
10th British Columbia general election, 1903 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 309 60.59% unknown
Conservative Thomas Gray McManamon 201 39.41% unknown
Total valid votes 510 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
4Restored seat reduced to one member only; successor to Yale-West
11th British Columbia general election, 1907
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Stuart Alexander Henderson 289 58.27% unknown
Conservative Charles Augustus Semlin 207 41.73% unknown
Total valid votes 496 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
12th British Columbia general election, 1909
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Stuart Richard Henderson 265 36.81% unknown
Conservative Richard McBride 455 63.19% unknown
Total valid votes 720 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
13th British Columbia general election, 1912
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Alexander Lucas 524 65.26% unknown
Liberal John P. McConnell 279 34.74% unknown
Total valid votes 281 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 71.98%
14th British Columbia general election, 1916
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Alexander Lucas 609 42.95% unknown
Liberal Joseph Walters 809 57.05% unknown
Total valid votes 1,418 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
15th British Columbia general election, 1920
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal James Robert Cameron 737 31.95% unknown
Conservative John McRae 913 39.58% unknown
Independent Liberal Joseph Walters 657 28.48% unknown
Total valid votes 2,307 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
16th British Columbia general election, 1924
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Provincial Party James Sugrue Fagan 578 23.20% unknown
Liberal John Duncan MacLean 1,148 46.09% unknown
Conservative John McRae 756 30.71% unknown
Total valid votes 2,491 100.00%
Total rejected ballots
Turnout %
17th British Columbia general election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,514 57.22% unknown
Conservative Romald Helmerow Helmer 1,132 42.78% unknown
Total valid votes 2,648 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 27
Turnout %
18th British Columbia general election, 1933
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,193 68.64% unknown
Non-Partisan Independent Group Romald Helmerow Helmer 312 17.95% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Wise Langley 233 13.41% unknown
Total valid votes 1,738 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 23
Turnout %
19th British Columbia general election, 1937
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 968 59.94% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. John Wise Langley 422 26.13% unknown
Conservative John Wilson North 225 13.93% unknown
Total valid votes 1,615 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 40
Turnout %
20th British Columbia general election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Alexander Rennie Ross Craig 616 34.92% unknown
Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,148 65.08% unknown
Total valid votes 1,764 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 55
Turnout %
21st British Columbia general election, 1945
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Joseph Alban Gillis 616 34.92% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac 536 33.23% unknown
Total valid votes 1,613 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 63
Turnout %
22nd British Columbia general election, 1949
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Coalition John Joseph Alban Gillis 1,417 46.90% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac 865 28.83% unknown
Independent Hugh MacIsaac 728 24.27% unknown
Total valid votes 3,000 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 42
Turnout %
23rd British Columbia election, 19522
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Progressive Conservative Bernard (Ben) Cherry 338 10.74% - -% unknown
BC Social Credit League Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,024 32.53% 1,390 51.46% unknown
Liberal John Joseph Allan Gillis 1,067 33.89% 1,311 48.54% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Angus Hugh MacIsaac 659 20.93% - -% unknown
Independent George Murray 60 1.91% - -% unknown
Total valid votes 3,148 % 2,701 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 98
Turnout %
2 Preferential ballot - final count is between top two candidates from earlier counts; intermediary counts (of 4) not shown.
24th British Columbia election, 1953 3
Party Candidate Votes
 % Votes
 % ±%
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,177 39.86% 1,354 54.36% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Evan Donald MacDougall 835 28.28% - - % unknown
Total valid votes 2,953 100.00% 2,491 %
Total rejected ballots 278
Total Registered Voters 5,933 (1952 list)
Turnout 70.15%
3 Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
25th British Columbia general election, 1956
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,315 47.34 unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Joe Madden 599 21.56% unknown
Liberal Olga McLean 703 25.31% unknown
Conservative Kenneth Moyes 161 5.80% unknown
Total valid votes 2,778 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 61
Turnout %
26th British Columbia general election, 1960
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Allan Collett 964 27.30% unknown
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,103 31.24% unknown
Conservative William Joseph Lauder 390 11.05% unknown
Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. Evan Donald MacDougall 1,074 30.42% unknown
Total valid votes 3,531 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 107
Turnout %
27th British Columbia general election, 1963
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal John Allan Collett 599 13.10% unknown
Social Credit Irvine Finlay Corbett 1,691 36.99% unknown
Conservative John Willison Green 584 12.78% unknown
New Democrat William Leonard Hartley 1,697 37.43% unknown
Total valid votes 4,571 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 58
Turnout %

Before the 28th general election in 1966, parts of the former riding of Yale became incorporated into the new riding of Yale-Lillooet, which survives to the present.

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